rubble

英 [ˈrʌbl]

美 [ˈrʌbl]

n.  碎石; 碎砖

复数：rubbles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9739 / COCA.7549

牛津词典

noun

• 碎石；碎砖
  broken stones or bricks from a building or wall that has been destroyed or damaged
  1. The bomb reduced the houses to rubble .
     ***把那片房子炸成了一堆瓦砾。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 碎石;碎砖;瓦砾
  When a building is destroyed, the pieces of brick, stone, or other materials that remain are referred to asrubble.
  1. Thousands of bodies are still buried under the rubble...
     成千上万的尸体仍然被埋在碎石瓦砾下。
  2. Entire suburbs have been reduced to rubble.
     整个市郊都变成了一片废墟。
• N-UNCOUNT (建房铺路用的)碎石，毛石
  Rubbleis used to refer to the small pieces of bricks and stones that are used as a bottom layer on which to build roads, paths, or houses.
  1. Brick rubble is useful as the base for paths and patios.
     碎砖石可以用来铺路基和庭院地基。

英英释义

noun

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
  Synonym:debrisdustjunkdetritus

双语例句

• People may be trapped in the rubble.
  人们很可能被困在碎石中。
• Entire suburbs have been reduced to rubble.
  整个市郊都变成了一片废墟。
• You can see all the rubble around me here.
  你可以看到我周围全是瓦砾。
• They pulled Rahab and her family safe and sound from the rubble.
  他们拉着喇合与她的家人，把他们从碎石中带到安全可靠的地方。
• Rubble and debris from destroyed buildings cover a hillside Monday in Port-au-Prince.
  星期一，太子港。山腰上满目都是碎石和受损建筑的残骸。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.
  战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
• All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble
  城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
• The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
  这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
• Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild.
  或者你可以从碎石堆中走出，开始重建。
• It took two hours to extricate him from the rubble.
  花了两个小时才把他从瓦砾中解救出来。